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Question
Justify the statement. “Power can be expressed as the product of force and velocity.”
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Solution
`"Power" ="Work"/"Time"=("Force × Displacement")/"Time"`
`="Force"×"Displacement"/"Time"`
= Force × Velocity.
(Since rate of change of displacement is velocity).
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